Bottle-stopper



(No Model.)

P. DILLON. BOTTLE STOPPER. 110.591,824. Patented Oct, 19,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

PATRICK DILLON, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,824, dated October19, 1.897'.

Application filed November 9, 1896. Serial No. 611,464. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK DILLON, of

Milford, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

v It is a great desideratumto provide a bottle which may be lled butonce, and that before-the bottle is stoppered, and which when emptiedcannot be again used.

In my invention I provide a stopper which may be inserted after thebottle has been iilled, the putting of the stopper in the neck of thebottle automatically locking the stopper in place, so that it cannot bedetached from the bottle without breaking the latter or utterlydestroying the stopper.

The stopper consists, essentially, of a hollow cap-shaped shell anddepending springcatches, the said catches containing between them a seatprovided, preferably, with a conical opening in which is placed aconical valve which is seated by its own weight when the bottle is rightside up, but which when the bottle is inverted will leave the said seatand permit the liquid to escape.

The cap has a discharge-oriee, and has located inside of it and betweenit and the valve a guard which is so located as to prevent one fromtampering with the valve through said orifice.

Figure l shows in section part of a bottle stoppered in accordance withmy invention;

Fig. 2, a section on the line x, Fig. l, looking above the said line';Fig. 3, a section looking below said line. Fig. 4 shows the neck of thebottle inverted. Fig. 5 shows a modication, and Fig. (i shows the cap ofthe stopper and the arms and guard.

The bottle A, of glass and of any usual or suitable shape, has a neckA', and between the mouth of the neck and the body of the bottle Iprovide a suitable shoulder, as a, Figs. l and at, or b, Fig. 5.

My improved stopper is composed of a cap d, having a discharge-orificewhich is stopped temporarily with a plug d'.

Within the cap I have fixed a guard c, having two depending spring-armsc, provided with hooked ends c2, which when the stopper, of which thesaid arms form a part, is inserted in the neck of the bottle, slip pastand automatically engage the shoulder a or b, thus locking and Securingthe stopper. in the neck of the bottle.

The guard c is so located with relation to the cap and itsdischarge-orifice as to prevent the insertion of any tool or otherobject through said discharge-orifice to come in contact with theconical valve e, which rests in thevalve-seat e' whenever the bottle isin -upright position, as in Figs. 1 and 5. This guard c does not,however, prevent the discharge of the liquid from theA bottle when theplug has been removed, for the liquid passes about the guard and enterssaid discharge-orifice whenever the bottle is inverted or tipped over.

The valve-seat is made cylindrical externally and is grooved at itsYsides t0 fit over and contain the spring -arms c and leave them room toplay in use.

The valve-seat may be of wood, cork, indiarubber, or glass, and so maybe the valve, and preferably the upper end of the valve will have aprojection of some sort, as at 2, to contact with the guard when thebottle is inverted and keep the discharge-space open.

The outer side of the cap is inclosed by a jacket f, which may be ofcork, india-rubber, or any other suitable material, the said jacketextending subtantially to the lower end of the valve-seat, and forming apacking between the metallic or wooden parts of the stopper and theinner side of the neck.

When the stopper has been inserted into a filled bottle, the top of thecap will be pushed into the neck far enough to place the plug d belowthe top line of the neck, and then I seal the stopper in the neck by anysuitable sealing-wax or equivalent.

To remove the liquid from the bottle, the user must first break throughthe seal and engage and withdraw the small plug, and then by tippingover the bottle the valve will automatically drop from the seat, leavingthe liquid a chance to be poured out.

The spring-arms are so stint that once engaged with the shoulder a or bthe stopper cannot be drawn out of the bottle without breaking it, andhence the said bottle could not be refilled with a different liquid andpalmed off as the genuine liquid of a particular manufacturer owning andusing the particular stopper which is a guarantee of the genuineness 'ofthe liquid.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A bottle-stopper composed of a Valveseat, a cooperating valve in saidseat, a cap having a discharge-orice, said cap inclosing said valve andvalve-seat and spring-arms passing down the outer sides of saidvalveseat to engage a shoulder inside the bottle to lock the saidstopper in place in the bottleneck, combined with a plug inserted in theorifice of said cap, the said plug being adapted to be sealed in theneck of the bottle, substantially as described.

2. A bottlestopper composed of a valveseat, a coperating 'valve in saidseat, a cap having afdischarge-oriice, said cap inclosing said valve andvalve-seat, a guard between said valve and said discharge-orifice, andspring-arms carried by said guard and passing down the outer sides ofsaid valve-seat to engage a shoulder inside the bottle to lock the saidstopper in place in the bottle-neck, combined with a plug inserted inthe orifice of said cap, the said plug being adapted to be sealed in theneck of the bottle, substantially as described.

3. A bottle-stopper composed of a valveseat, a coperating valve in saidseat, a cap having a discharge-oriice, said cap inclosing said valve andvalve-seat, a guard between said valve and said discharge-orifice, andsprin g-arins carried by said guard and passing down the outer sides ofsaid valve-seat to engage a shoulder inside the bottle to lock the saidstopper in place in the bottleneck, combined with a plug inserted in theorifice of said cap, the said plug being adapted to be sealed in theneck of the bottle, and a jacket f, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speoication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK DILLON.

W'itnesses:

FRANK P. DILLoN, MICHAEL LARKIN.

